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What inspired you to ride?

This is going to seem really silly...but I had never thought about riding until a little while back (~two weeks). In fact, me and one of my friends had a running inside joke about biker gangs coming out of the wilderness to kill us.

I saw a Honda commercial for one of their new bikes, and something went off in my head. It started off like everything does with me- first I'll say/think it's impossible and my nature will eventually lead me to doing it. I learned more and more (thanks to Total Motorcycle and EPinions.com!), and now it's something that I'm fully looking forward to.

So speak up- what inspired you to ride, regardless of how goofy or serious it was?

i was a jealous bastid. a good friend has been riding for years and hes always bugged me to get a bike. i honestly wanted one when i was 16 like most people but got the thumbs down from the rents of course. fast forward 18 years later and im finally having the fun i never thought i would. it didnt help that i went looking for a new bike with him recently too. seeing all the brand new bikes, well its probably like what a crack addiction is.

but i guess both addictions are dangerous though.

I was bored. Wanted somthing to do that would be entertaining besides watching movies all day.

I caught the bug at an early age, passed down from a couple of uncles who gave me rides on their H-Ds and Nortons when I was just a little fellow. I think I got hooked on the first ride... now it seems almost unavoidable that I would become a rider.

AmericanWeiner wrote:What inspired you to ride?

This is going to seem really silly...but I had never thought about riding until a little while back (~two weeks). In fact, me and one of my friends had a running inside joke about biker gangs coming out of the wilderness to kill us.

I saw a Honda commercial for one of their new bikes, and something went off in my head. It started off like everything does with me- first I'll say/think it's impossible and my nature will eventually lead me to doing it. I learned more and more (thanks to Total Motorcycle and EPinions.com!), and now it's something that I'm fully looking forward to.

So speak up- what inspired you to ride, regardless of how goofy or serious it was?

i just wanted to be a bad "O Ring" like jesse james

I'd been riding dirtbikes for years back in high school, but never really caught "the bug" for street riding until I joined the Air Force. Several of my fellow dorm rats had bikes and would loudly ride them here and there, and I got -so- jealous, but knew I couldn't afford to buy, much less maintain, a decent sportsbike.

Fast forward to a month ago. I have the finances, I have the will. I have a bike.

It came to me in a dream.

I ride therefore I am. Grew up on dirt bikes... it was just a matter of time before I got a street bike.... Now I got two!!! cause my g-friend just bought and R6 that she doesnt know how to ride.... muhahahahahahah...

For me it was keeping up with my buddies in school when they had dirtbikes. I got bit by the bug and finally, 15 years later, scraped up some dough to get a street bike.

I just figure it's a more fun way to get from point A to point B, and many rides in between.

I've always wanted a motorcycle. I turned 16 and my mom told me not while I'm living under her roof. I almost got one when I was 18, but then joined the US Marine Corps. Finally, in the Marine Corps, I was able to get one. I love it.